Photo by Nheyob via Wikicommons CC BY-SA 4.0 In 2014, I traveled with a group to Rome for the Canonization of St. John Paul II. One day...

(Photo: VOA / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 0) As chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, John Lee is the principal...

In the beginning is the Father. He is the source and goal of all life. From him flows communion through the gift of his entire life to...

Shortly after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, I noted in this column and elsewhere that the entire episode — including the fouling...

By their vocabulary, you shall know them? Well, to a considerable degree. And in these early November days, when the Church celebrates...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) “ The Vocation of the Business Leader – A Reflection ” is a document that should be of great significance, primarily...

The Synod on Synodality meeting this month is the first of a two-part synodal assembly; the second session is scheduled to meet a year...

The word “doctor” means teacher, not healer, which is why we call certain saints “Doctors of the Church.” They are the great teachers who...

The first session of the “Synod on Synodality,” currently meeting in Rome, is slated to be followed by a second such month-long affair in...

Photo by Josh Olalde on Unsplash I just read that Exeter University has launched a new master’s degree program — in the occult. That’s...

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash By Michelle Connor Harris, Psy.D., Executive Director, St. Raphael Counseling “Well, my mom...

The Church dedicates the month of October to the rosary, that simple but beautiful prayer filled with holy power. The rosary offers us a...

Those most enthusiastic about the Synod on Synodality that opens on October 4 want to say that it’s the most important Catholic event...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) The Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace commissioned a document called “The Vocation of the Business Leader – A...

(Photo: Lightstock) We believe that the Eucharist draws us into communion not only with Jesus, as we receive his body, but also with our...

It’s a rare occasion when the word “unprecedented” can be used for a Church whose history extends over two millennia. Yet something...

The late Jimmy Buffett. Public domain photo. I loved Jimmy Buffett. Loved his music, loved the easy-going island life he sang about. And...

Ever since the 1596 Union of Brest reestablished full communion between the Bishop of Rome and several ecclesiastical jurisdictions in...

Ideology unsettles not only those pulled into its alternate reality but also those who resist it, for it inspires overreactions against...

I wish all those who find themselves concerned, depressed, befuddled, or angry at the present state of the Church could have spent July...